Recruitment has been through a tough time since the start of the UK recession, but new XpertHR research finds significant levels of recruitment activity among our respondents.
- XpertHR recruitment trends survey
2012: activity picks up The latest XpertHR research finds that two
employers in three (65%) have experienced skills shortages within the past 12
months despite the rising unemployment level. Collectively, the 94
employers taking part in our survey have recruited 16,352 new employees over
the past 12 months - an average of 174 per organisation.
- Full data from the XpertHR
recruitment trends survey 2012 is available from XpertHR
Benchmarking.
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